Doctoral fellowship in the history of philosophy (16th-17th centuries) (M/F)

Offer of a doctoral fellowship of 3 years in the history of philosophy (16th-17th centuries) in the context of the ERC project NOTCOM. NOTCOM is a five-year research project in the history of philosophy of science funded by an ERC Advanced Grant in 2023-2027. It is dedicated to the epistemology, methods, and communication strategies of collective science in the seventeenth century. The project is set up between the research centre IHRIM at the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and the Maison Française d'Oxford, a CNRS unit abroad, placed in England.

The thesis should be concerned with natural philosophy or the history of natural or medical sciences in the 17th and/or 17th centuries and include an epistemological dimension. The precise thesis topic should be defined by the candidate and can be refined in dialogue with the thesis directors. Interested candidates are encouraged to contact the supervisors for further information about the fellowship before submitting.